| 单词 | draw the short straw |
| 释义 | draw the short strawdraw the short straw 1 UNLUCKYused to say that someone has been unlucky because they were chosen to do something that no one else wanted to do 倒霉地被选派去做不愿做的事情 He drew the short straw and had to drive everyone to the party. 他很倒霉，要开车送所有的人去参加派对。 Examples from the Corpus draw the short straw• I'm only here because I drew the short straw.• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. → draw the short straw at draw1(15) 2 JOB/TASKto be given something difficult or unpleasant to do, especially when other people have been given something better 得个苦差事；比别人吃亏 Giles drew the short straw, and has to give us a talk this morning. 贾尔斯运气不好，今天上午得给我们作报告。 Examples from the Corpus draw/get the short straw• Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. → draw/get the short straw at short1(11) |
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